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Undergraduate Studies

Drama/Theatre Option

NB: Students in an English program who wish to take an introductory Shakespeare course must take ENGL 315 and not ENGL 215. If you took ENGL 215 prior to declaring your English program on Minerva, however, that course may count retroactively towards your program requirements in one of: Major Figure; Drama and Theatre with an Historical Dimension.

Drama and Theatre with a Canadian Component

ENGL 407 The 20th Century (Counter-Currents at the Margins) (Fall)
ENGL 430 Studies in Drama (Multiculturalism in Contemporary North American Theatre) (Fall)

Theatre History Courses/Drama and Theatre with an Historical Dimension

ENGL 306 Theatre History: Medieval Early Modern (Fall)
ENGL 309 English Renaissance Drama 2 (Jacobean Theatre History) (Fall)
ENGL 310 Restoration & 18th-Century Drama (Restoration Comedy) (Winter)
ENGL 314 20th-Century Drama (Realism and Its Discontents) (Winter)
ENGL 315 Shakespeare (Protean Shakespeare) (Fall)
ENGL 370 Theatre History (Staging the ‘Other’ in U.S. Popular Theatre and Performance, 1850-1930) (Winter)
ENGL 371 Theatre History (Experiments in Dance since 1960) (Winter)
ENGL 375 Interpretation of the Dramatic Text (Fall)
ENGL 400 Earlier English Renaissance (Marlowe and Jonson) (Winter)
ENGL 407 The 20th Century (Counter-Currents at the Margins) (Fall)
ENGL 430 Studies in Drama (Multiculturalism in Contemporary North American Theatre) (Fall)
ENGL 431 Studies in Drama (Popular Entertainment in the Long 18th Century) (Fall)
ENGL 467 Advanced Studies in Theatre History 3 (The Actress) (Winter)
ENGL 485 Special Topics in Theatre History 1700-1900 (19th-Century Melodrama from the Vampire to Twilight) (Winter)
ENGL 486 Special Topics in Theatre History After 1900 (History of the Costume: 1850-1979) (Winter)
ENGL 566 Special Studies in Drama (Queer Theatre and Perforance in North America) (Winter)

Drama and Theatre Before 1900

ENGL 309 English Renaissance Drama 2 (Jacobean Theatre History) (Fall)
ENGL 310 Restoration & 18th-Century Drama (Restoration Comedy) (Winter)
ENGL 315 Shakespeare (Protean Shakespeare) (Fall)
ENGL 400 Earlier English Renaissance (Marlowe and Jonson) (Winter)
ENGL 416 Studies in Shakespeare (The Politics of the Past) (Winter)
ENGL 431 Studies in Drama (Popular Entertainment in the Long 18th Century) (Fall)
ENGL 485 - Special Topics in Theatre History 1700-1900 (19th-Century Melodrama from the Vampire to Twilight) (Winter)
ENGL 516 Shakespeare (Shakespeare’s Art of Personation, and the Varieties of Character Criticism) (Fall)

Theory and Criticism

ENGL 318 Theory of English Studies 2 (Socio-Historical Approaches to Literature) (Winter)
ENGL 346 Sociology and Materiality of Text (Winter)
ENGL 352 Theories of Difference (Fall)

Drama and Theatre 400-level with Theoretical Component

ENGL 430 Studies in Drama (Multiculturalism in Contemporary North American Theatre) (Fall)
ENGL 458 Theories of Text and Performance 1 (Movement Theory) (Fall)
ENGL 459 Theories of Text and Performance 2 (Theatrical Spectatorship) (Winter)

Drama and Theatre Courses Satisfying the D&T Minor 400-Level Requirement

ENGL 400 Earlier English Renaissance (Marlowe and Jonson) (Winter)
ENGL 407 The 20th Century (Counter-Currents at the Margins) (Fall)
ENGL 416 Studies in Shakespeare (The Politics of the Past) (Winter)
ENGL 430 Studies in Drama (Multiculturalism in Contemporary North American Theatre) (Fall)
ENGL 431 Studies in Drama (Popular Entertainment in the Long 18th Century) (Fall)
ENGL 458 Theories of Text and Performance 1 (Movement Theory) (Fall)
ENGL 459 Theories of Text and Performance 2 (Theatrical Spectatorship) (Winter)
ENGL 467 Advanced Studies in Theatre History 3 (The Actress) (Winter)
ENGL 485 Special Topics in Theatre History 1700-1900 (Winter)
ENGL 486 Special Topics in Theatre History After 1900 (History of the Costume: 1850-1979) (Winter)

Performance-Oriented Courses

ENGL 365 Costuming for the Theatre 1 (Fall)
ENGL 368 Stage Scenery and Lighting 1 (Fall)
ENGL 372 Stage Scenery and Lighting 2 (Winter)
ENGL 377 Costuming for the Theatre 2 (Winter)
ENGL 465 Theatre Lab (Fall/Winter)

Additional Courses from the Drama and Theatre Option’s Offerings

This category includes all the courses listed above except required courses, as well as the courses listed below. Note that any English course not on this list—such as unlisted courses in Literature—may not count towards your D&T program.